Shift and Injury Type Definitions

9:00 a.m. to 4:59 p.m.

7:00 p.m. to 6:59 a.m.

7:00 a.m. to 8:59 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. to 6:59 p.m.

6:00 a.m. to 5:59 p.m.

6:00 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.

Outpatient

Injuries requiring basic medical aid without requiring hospitalization

Hospitalization and Surgery

Injuries requiring a greater degree of medical care and hospitalization, but not expected to progress to a life threatening status

Disability

Injuries that pose an immediate life-threatening condition if not treated adequately or expeditiously. The majority of these injuries are the result of structural collapse and subsequent entrapment or impairment of the occupants.

Death

Instantaneously killed or mortally injured